Warrior Wrestling Falls to York
Snyder, Cullen Stay on Winning Trail

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- Senior Tommy Snyder (New Columbia, Pa./Milton) grabbed another pin and junior Sean Cullen (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) earned a decision to maintain their long individual bout winning streaks, but the Lycoming wrestling team dropped its first non-tournament dual match of the season 23-12 to York College on Tuesday evening.  The Spartans, rated 16^th in the nation, improve to 16-6 while the #9 Warriors fall to 11-5-1 in dual meets.

In a previous meeting t the 2006 Budd Whitehill Wrestling Duals, Lycoming, the sixth seed in the tournament, upset the third-seeded Spartans to move on to the semifinal round.  Lycoming went on to place third while York ended the tourney in the seventh position.

Snyder picked up his 17^th overall victory and 14^th in a row with a 6:14 fall of York’s Sean Griffin at heavyweight.  After stretching out to an 11-2 advantage midway through the third frame, Snyder got strong position on his final takedown and turned Griffin for Lycoming’s only bonus-point victory.

Junior Sean Cullen (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) stayed hot in picking up his 12^th consecutive victory with a 4-0 decision at 133 pounds over Dave Sterner.  His first round takedown would have been all that he needed, but a second round escape and riding time added a little more breathing room.

Senior Jason Smith (Hughesville, Pa./Hughesville) used some solid third round wrestling to earn a come-from-behind decision over Brian Alwine at 157 pounds.  Down 2-1 going into the final frame and starting in the up position, Smith was able to maneuver Alwine onto his back for two points and a 3-2 lead.  He rode him out for the rest of the match to win 4-2.

Highlighting York’s seven bout victories was a pin by Jerry Bowne at 174 pounds over senior Grant Brindle (Pine Grove, Pa./Pine Grove).  Bowne worked back from an early 4-1 deficit to take a 7-4 lead before pinning Brindle in the second period at the 4:13 mark.

The Spartans’ Duane Bastress, the defending national champion at 184 pounds, remained undefeated on the season with a 10-3 decision over senior Derek Crane (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown).  Bastress is now 31-0 on the season.

Lycoming is next in action this weekend at the MAC North/South Duals.  The event, held at the University of Scranton, begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Wrestling Results
January 24, 2006 – #16 York College at #9 Lycoming College 

Bout	Lyco	YC
125 lbs – Kyle Flickinger (YC) dec. James Saxton (LYCO) – 6-3	0	3
133 lbs – Sean Cullen (LYCO) dec. Dave Sterner (YC) – 4-0	3	3
141 lbs – Tim Bohlman (YC) dec. Kyle Hopkins (LYCO) – 11-6	3	6
149 lbs – Phil DeGaetano (YC) dec. Drew Barder (LYCO) – 9-3	3	9
157 lbs – Jason Smith (LYCO) dec. Brian Alwine (YC) – 4-2	6	9
165 lbs – Garrett Faulkner (YC) dec. Heath Oberlin (LYCO) – 8-3	6	12
174 lbs – Jerry Bowne (YC) wbf. Grant Brindle (LYCO) – 4:13	6	18
184 lbs – Duane Bastress (YC) dec. Derek Crane (LYCO) – 10-3	6	21
197 lbs – Matt Chrzanowski (YC) dec. Matt Miller (LYCO) – 7-2 (YC: -1 TP)	6	23
285 lbs – Tommy Snyder (LYCO) wbf. Sean Griffin (YC) – 6:14	12	23

Abbreviations’ Key
wbf – wins by fall; tech. fall – wins by technical fall; maj. dec. – wins by major decision; dec. – wins by decision